the commonwealth of oceana-第36章

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s；　wherefore　the　secretary；　having　given　them　their　oath　that　they　shall　make　election　according　to　the　law　and　their　conscience；　delivers　them　the　list；　and　seats　himself　at　the　lower　end　of　the　table　with　his　pen　and　paper；　while　another　secretary　keeps　the　door。　　　　　By　such　time　as　the　first　order　of　electors　are　thus　seated；　the　second　order　of　electors　is　drawn；　who；　with　a　second　copy　of　the　same　list；　are　conducted　into　another　committee…chamber；　by　other　secretaries　performing　the　same　office　with　the　former。　　　　　The　like　exactly　is　done　by　the　third　and　by　the　fourth　orders　（or　hands；　as　the　Venetians　call　them）　of　electors；　by　which　means　you　have　the　four…and…twenty　electors　divided　according　to　the　four　copies　of　the　same　list；　by　six；　into　four　hands　or　orders；　and　every　one　of　these　orders　names　one　competitor　to　every　magistracy　in　the　list；　that　is　to　say；　the　first　elector　names　to　the　first　magistracy；　the　second　elector　to　the　second　magistracy；　and　so　forth。　But　though　the　electors；　as　has　been　shown；　are　chosen　by　mere　lot；　yet　the　competitors　by　them　named　are　not　chosen　by　any　lot；　but　by　the　suffrage　of　the　whole　order　for　example；　the　first　elector　in　the　first　order　proposes　a　name　to　be　strategus；　which　name　is　balloted　by　himself　and　the　other　five　electors；　and　if　the　name　so　balloted　attain　not　to　above　half　the　suffrages；　it　is　laid　aside；　and　the　first　elector　names　another　to　the　same　magistracy　and　so　in　case　this　also　fails；　another；　till　one　he　has　named；　whether　it　be　himself；　or　some　other；　has　attained　to　above　half　the　suffrages　in　the　affirmative；　and　the　name　so　attaining　to　above　half　the　suffrages　in　the　affirmative　is　written　to　the　first　magistracy　in　the　list　by　the　secretary　which　being　done；　the　second　elector　of　the　first　order；　names　to　'the　second　magistracy　till　one　of　his　nomination　be　chosen　to　the　same。　The　like　is　done　by　the　rest　of　the　electors　of　the　first　order；　till　one　competitor　be　chosen；　and　written　to　every　magistracy　in　their　list。　Now　the　second；　third；　and　fourth　orders　of　electors　doing　exactly　after　the　same　manner；　it　comes　to　pass　that　one　competitor　to　every　magistracy　being　chosen　in　each　order；　there　be　in　all　four　competitors　chosen　to　every　magistracy。　　　　　If　any　controversy　arises　in　an　order　of　electors；　one　of　the　censors　（these　being　at　this　game　the　groom…porters）　is　advertised　by　the　secretary　who　brings　him　in；　and　the　electors　disputing　are　bound　to　acquiesce　in　his　sentence。　For　which　cause　it　is　that　the　censors　do　not　ballot　at　the　urns；　the　signory　also　abstains；　lest　it　should　deform　the　house：　wherefore　the　blanks　in　the　side　urns　are　by　so　many　the　fewer。　And　so　much　for　the　lot；　which　is　of　the　greater　art　but　less　consequence；　because　it　concerns　proposition　only：　but　all　（except　the　tribunes　and　the　judges；　which　being　but　assistants　have　no　suffrage）　are　to　ballot　at　the　result；　to　which　I　now　come。　　　　　The　four　orders　of　electors　having　perfected　their　lists；　the　face　of　the　house　is　changed：　for　the　urns　are　taken　away；　and　every　senator　and　magistrate　is　seated　in　his　proper　place；　saving　the　electors；　who；　having　given　their　suffrages　already；　may　not　stir　out　of　their　chambers　till　the　house　have　given　theirs；　and　the　rest　of　the　ballot　be　performed；　which　follows　in　this　manner：　　　　　The　four　lists　being　presented　by　the　secretaries　of　each　council　of　electors　to　the　signory；　are　first　read；　according　to　their　order；　to　the　house；　with　an　audible　voice；　and　then　the　competitors　are　put　to　the　ballot　or　suffrage　of　the　whole　Senate　in　this　manner：　A；　A　named　to　be　strategus　in　the　first　order；　whereupon　eight　ballotins；　or　pages；　such　as　are　expressed　by　the　figures　f；　f；　take　eight　of　the　boxes　represented；　though　rudely；　by　the　figures　g；　g；　and　go　four　on　the　one　and　four　on　the　other　side　of　the　house；　that　is；　one　to　every　bench；　signifying　〃A；　A　named　to　be　the　strategus　in　the　first　order。。〃　and　every　magistrate　or　senator　（beginning　by　the　strategus　and　the　orator　first）　holds　up　a　little　pellet　of　linen；　as　the　box　passes；　between　his　finger　and　his　thumb；　that　men　may　see　he　has　but　one；　and　then　puts　it　into　the　same。　The　box　consisting　in　the　inner　part　of　two　boxes；　being　painted　on　the　outside　white　and　green；　to　distinguish　the　affirmative　from　the　negative　side；　is　so　made　that　when　your　hand　is　in　it；　no　man　can　see　to　which　of　the　sides　you　put　the　suffrage；　nor　hear　to　which　it　falls；　because　the　pellet　being　linen；　makes　no　noise。　The　strategus　and　the　orator　having　begun；　all　the　rest　do　the　like。　　　　　The　ballotins　having　thus　gathered　the　suffrages；　bring　them　before　the　signory；　in　whose　presence　the　outward　boxes　being　opened；　they　take　out　the　inner　boxes；　whereof　the　affirmative　is　white；　and　the　negative　green；　and　pour　the　white　in　the　bowl　N　on　the　right　hand；　which　is　white　also；　and　the　green　into　the　bowl　N　on　the　left；　which　is　also　green。　These　bowls　or　basins　（better　represented　at　the　lower　end　of　the　figure　by　h；　i）　being　upon　this　occasion　set　before　the　tables　of　the　secretaries　at　the　upper　end　N；　N；　the　white　on　the　right　hand；　and　the　green　on　the　left；　the　secretaries　on　each　side　number　the　balls；　by　which；　if　they　find　that　the　affirmatives　amount　not　to　above　one…half；　they　write　not　the　name　that　was　balloted；　but　if　they　amount　to　above　one…half；　they　write　it；　adding　the　number　of　above　half　the　suffrages　to　which　it　attained。　The　first　name　being　written；　or　laid　aside；　the　next　that　is　put　is　BB　named　to　be　strategus　in　the　second　order；　the　third　CC；　named　to　be　strategus　in　the　third　order；　the　fourth　DD；　named　to　be　strategus　in　the　fourth　order　and　he　of　these　four　competitors　that　has　most　above　half　in　the　affirmative；　is　the　magistrate；　or　if　none　of　them　attain　to　above　half；　the　nomination　for　that　magistracy　is　to　be　repeated　by　such　new　electors　as　shall　be　chosen　at　the　next　ballot。　And　so；　as　is　exemplified　in　the　first　magistracy；　proceeds　the　ballot　of　the　rest；　first　in　the　first；　then　in　the　second；　and　so　in　the　third　and　fourth　orders。　　　　　Now　whereas　it　may　happen　that　AA；　for　example；　being　named　strategus　in　the　first　order；　may　also　be　named　to　the　same　or　some　one　or　more　other　magistracies　in　one　or　more　of　the　other　orders；　his　name　is　first　balloted　where　it　is　first　written；　that　is　to　the　more　worthy　magistracy；　whereof　if　he　misses；　he　is　balloted　as　it　comes　in　course　for　the　next；　and　so　for　the　rest；　if　he　misses　of　that；　as　often　as　he　is　named。　　　　　And　because　to　be　named　twice；　or　oftener；　whether　to　the　same　or　some　other　magistracy；　is　the　stronger　recommendation；　the　note　must　not　fail　to　be　given　upon　the　name；　at　the　proposition　in　this　manner：　AA　named　to　be　strategus　in　the　first；　and　in　the　second　order；　or　AA　named　to　be　strategus　in　the　first　and　the　third；　in　the　first　and　the　fourth；　etc。　But　if　he　be　named　to　the　same　magistracy　in　the　first；　second；　third；　and　fourth　orders；　he　can　have　no　competitor；　wherefore　attaining　to　above　half　the　suffrages；　he　is　the　magistrate。　Or　thus：　AA　named　to　be　strategus　in　the　first；　to　be　censor　in　the　second；　to　be　orator　in　the　third；　and　to　be　commissioner　of　the　seal　in　the　fourth　order；　or　t